Copilot CLI Troubleshooting: Authentication, Access, Policies, and Recovery/Remove the gh-managed binary and re-download
Reset a broken gh wrapper install.
Section: Install, access, and policy issues
Remove the gh-managed binary and re-download
bash
bash
gh copilot --remove && gh copilotExplanation
Useful when the `gh` wrapper has cached a bad or stale binary.
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